Measurements of Leaf area, foliar C and N for 14 sites along a transect down the Kuparuk River basin, summer 1997, North Slope, Alaska.
Variables
site name
- Label: site name
- Definition: Study specific name of each site
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
latitude
- Label: latitude
- Definition: (decimal degrees)
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: degree
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
longitude
- Label: longitude
- Definition: (decimal degrees)
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: degree
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
UTMX
- Label: UTMX
- Definition: Universal Transverse Mercator X coordinate, zone 6 north
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: meter
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
UTMY
- Label: UTMY
- Definition: Universal Transverse Mercator Y coordinate, zone 6 north
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: meter
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
elevation (m)
- Label: elevation (m)
- Definition: site elevation
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: meter
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
slope
- Label: slope
- Definition: site slope
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: percent
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
aspect (degrees)
- Label: aspect (degrees)
- Definition: aspect in compass degrees from north
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: degree
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
region
- Label: region
- Definition: name of nearby landmark or location
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
quadrat
- Label: quadrat
- Definition: sample quadrat number (1-10)
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
species or other taxonomic grouping
- Label: species or other taxonomic grouping
- Definition: name of species or taxonomic group
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
leaf area (m2/m2)
- Label: leaf area (m2/m2)
- Definition: leaf area index by species or taxonomic group
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: meterSquaredPerMeterSquared
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
% moss cover
- Label: % moss cover
- Definition: percent of quadrat covered by moss
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: percent
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
% lichen cover
- Label: % lichen cover
- Definition: percent of quadrat covered by lichen
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: percent
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
dry weight (g/m2)
- Label: dry weight (g/m2)
- Definition: dry weight of leaf material or moss/lichen
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: gramPerMeterSquared
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
%C
- Label: %C
- Definition: percent carbon in leaf material per unit dry weight (sub samples only)
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: percent
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
%N
- Label: %N
- Definition: percent nitrogen in leaf material per unit dry weight (sub samples only)
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: percent
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- #N/A = Missing or Not Measured
C/N
- Label: C/N
- Definition: carbon-to-nitrogen ratio of leaf material
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: dimensionless
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- #N/A = Missing or Not Measured